InBlack wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 10:53:I would even recommend you pick up the books Blue, if you liked the series you will love the books. Granted if youre not an avid reader you might find them a bit daunting, by page count alone.

But its well worth it, and it wont spoil the series for you one bit. At least it didnt in my case.

I have several friends who are fans of the books who are pushing me to read them. I do plan on doing so, but I am thinking I want to wait until the series is actually complete so I don't have to share their agony of waiting five years for new installments to arrive. It's hard enough already to stand the wait until the TV series resumes next year.

Sepharo wrote on Sep 18, 2011, 23:45:I just wonder how many wins it needs to be until they're taken seriously. You go to any football coverage site after an amazing Lions win expecting to see some info and it's a tiny lonesome blurb at the bottom, "Lions might not be shitty afterall." I guess we just don't have the market or something.

I think you are just being a little impatient. If they continue to win, they will get their due, but the number of wins required to get to that point is likely > 2. Especially for a team that's last playoff appearance (with a .500 record) was in the 20th century, is only one of four teams in the league that has never made a Super Bowl appearance, and hasn't had double-digits in wins since 1995. I'm not trying to crap on them, just offering a little perspective on why people are not jumping on their bandwagon at 2-0 (yes, I know they won out their last four last year, but that made for a six win season, which, likewise, doesn't turn a lot of heads).

Anyway, they seem to be a team on the rise, and I don't think anyone would have expected that so soon after the conclusion of the Matt Millen error, err, era.

Blue wrote on Sep 18, 2011, 21:51:Considering they were 4-0 in the preseason of 2008 when they went on to an 0-16 season.

Come on...

What's next? "As long as Stafford stays healthy..."

In a QB driven league, yes, of course. Is your counter-argument to obvious facts really that they're too obvious?

Anyway, watching tonight's game, if the Eagles and the Falcons are the elite of the NFC, then the door is open for the Lions to be the best in the conference soon, because this is some of the sloppiest most undisciplined "elite" football I've seen in a long time.

And I like the take on superhero names where the shaved head is "nude," though I'm not thinking Marvel or DC will be picking up the Nude Router series any time soon. Maybe Cinemax, though.

Enahs wrote on Sep 17, 2011, 12:54:If by flopped you mean flipped Blue. Various companies have computer software that scans video websites and compares the video to their catalog. By mirroring the image, it tricks the software and avoids copyright infringement detection.

DDI wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 10:26:Eh, Up All Night is funnier if you have young kids. If you don't have kids or can't remember when you were young, I can see how it'd be terrible.

True we have no kids, but since my mental age is easily about a quarter of my physical age, I have little problem remembering when I was young. And I was quite prepared for not being able to completely relate to a show about people dealing with a newborn, I just thought the show was almost completely missing actual humor.

Bodolza wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 15:38:I like the writing and voice acting in Archer, but I have a hard time getting past the super low-budget animation.

I think it's intentional, and to me it's part of its charm, as it evokes the animation style of the 60s, which is clearly one of time periods contributing to the show's oddball mix of old and new. Reminds me a lot of Johnny Quest.

Thought I'm also sure you're right that it also helps keep costs down.

Fion wrote on Sep 14, 2011, 22:52:Really looking forward to the sequel. I do wonder what the payment system will be.

its free-to-play... apparently thats the new hotness for MMOs

I believe the reports that said that were based on an iffy translation, and that this hasn't been confirmed. It will probably end up F2P, as the follow-up to that involved expressing admiration for the League of Legends model, but AFAIK, this is speculation at this point.